It was been 2 days since the incident, and they still had no clue to what really happened or how Law has returned to be an 11 year old boy.
All that Luffy said was that while he was busy smashing the pirate's face, he noticed a light and then in the place of Law, there was a child - and of course he didn't stop and thought about questioning what was happening.
Luffy saw a child and saw an adult trying to attack this child and simply acted on instinct.
No one would have questioned his decision in any other situation, but right now, maybe it was better if he did not send the guy flying away.
Luffy was happy in the beginning.
His first thought was that now "Torao" would engage more in his activities.
How wrong he was.
The younger Law was quieter than the older. And it was the lesser of their problems, on the very first day; Zoro had voiced his concern saying that the kid was planning something
"I'm telling you guys. He isn't just sulking over something; he is observing us, our routine, and our moves."
Nami was part of the group that didn't care about the child being onboard, she even seemed to like the idea, she had always been more kind and helpful with children and now - well, now Law was also one and Nami was more than willing to defend him.
"You're getting paranoid, he is just a child in a pirate ship surrounded by people he doesn't know. It's normal to be quiet, he is probably scared or thinking we are crazy."
"But we're so cool!" Luffy say a little upset.
"No Luffy. You and Ussop aren't helping. No explosives, jokes and stop stretching your face, no one wants to see that, Luffy"
"Aaaah Nami, you're evil!"
Despite what Nami said, Zoro still believing that the kid was planning something.
"Hey. I'm the only one being serious here? He is planning something! He isn't the Law we know! For all I know, this creepy child can be a psychopath that will kill us all during our sleep!"
"AAaahhhh I'm going to dieeee!"
"AAaahhhh We're going to dieeee!"
Luffy and Usopp screamed simultaneously.
"Shut up, you idiots! No one is going to die. And Law won't kill us! He is just a child, and Zoro, you better stop scaring them or I will raise your debt!"
Zoro shrugged while he turned and walked away muttering
"Sea Witch! Don't come ask for help when the mini psychopath try to strangle you at night!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"
"Oie, Nami!"
They're familiar that voice, they all knew that tone.
Luffy is a happy guy, most of time stupidly naive, but what make him their captain, what make him so dangerous was that most of people think that he is always like that, almost mentally challenged - when the truth is that he had an unique kind of perception, his instincts were so good that he could tell when something wasn't right, and he is extremely capable when judging a person's character.
So both Nami and Usopp stopped and waited to what he wanted to say.
"I think we should listen to Zoro."
"Why, Luffy?! Isn't he overreacting?"
"No. Zoro is right. I know Torao, he is a good guy, he is kind. And that child isn't Torao."
"Aaahn Luffy, that kid is Law, Chopper confirmed that!"
Nami was also quick to respond - she couldn't believe in what she was hearing from Luffy, it was the Law they were talking about and Luffy loves Law - but he still agreeing with Zoro ?!
"Usopp is right, Luffy. He is Law and don't you tell me that you think that kid is bad news, you're trying to play and joke with him just a few minutes ago!"
"Because I'm trying to see Torao in him! Torao is cold, of course he is, but his actions are from a person who cares, and the mini Law doesn't care about us, he doesn't care about anything! I'm not saying he isn't Torao, if Chopper said he is, so he is. But a person is not just flesh and looks, a person is what they experienced during their lifes, and that Torao, didn't go through what our Torao had. So he is not Torao!"
"Ok. So what you suggest?"
"I don't know"
"Aaaah! You guys were so helpless. I'm going to talk to Robin and Frank, we should look for someone that knows him longer than us. We're going to find his crew!"
~~ Medical bay ~~
Chopper was trying to understand.
Nothing in the current medicine could help him, nothing explained what happened or how that was possible. So it could only be a devil's fruit user, there is no other way.
He even asked Robin to see if one of her books had some clue, but both of them knew it was useless, they have to find the devil fruit user or hope that the effect is temporary.
But it wasn't what was bothering Chopper.
It was Law.
His skin was covered by white spots, on his arms, on his torso, some barely visible on his face. He never saw, heard or read anything about something like that before.
It wasn't dermatological.
It wasn't allergic.
He couldn't identify what it was and so he couldn't give him a good diagnostic. He was powerless against something that he know that was hurting Law.
And to make things worse, the Law never told them anything about it. He could understand the need for privacy, but he is a doctor as well as responsible for the health of his crew.
What if what Law has is contagious?
His friends could be at risk!
And all he got to not fall in panic is the trust that Law would have told them something if it was really dangerous for other people.
But then again, whatever that disease was, it certainly appears to have happened in the past, so maybe the doctor didn't told anyone because he thought that it wasn't necessary since he was cured.
And to add to all of this, there was the problem named Doflamingo.
Chopper felt relieved when he noticed that the kid didn't have any tattoos or scars.
But seeing Law to ask for Doflamingo, as if he was someone that would protect him or even care about him, was strange. It doesn't fit with what them all have seen of him, doesn't fit with the anger they heard when Law spoke about the Warlord, nor with the fear so deeply hidden in his eyes when he encountered the man.
Law never told anything to any of them, and they didn't ask him.
But Chopper could not help but wonder what happened between those two to make Law the man he is.
Chopper was young, but he was also the doctor of a crew full of nutcases with several problems and traumas that would make a lesser man or woman going completely crazy. And being so he learned how to see the small signs, those little things that appear when they let most of their walls drop.
And he could see that even if Doflamingo wasn't Law's main problem at this early age, something equally bad or even worse had already happened between them.
The kid barely sleeps, and when he does, he let small whispers and tears fall on his face.
As a doctor Chopper was frustrated because he couldn't help his patient.
As a nakama, he was heartbroken to see this, and he was also feeling ashamed to see something that the older man so clearly tried to hide from them.
